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Setting the Table: An Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein’s Arukh HaShulhan
written by Shlomo C. Pill, fl. 2021 and Michael J. Broyde, 1964- (Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2021), 428 page(s)
One of the most basic questions for any legal system is that of methodology: how one interprets, analyzes, weighs and applies a mass of often competing legal rules, precedents, practices, customs, and traditions to reach final determinations and practical guidance about the correct legal-prescribed course of actio...
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written by Shlomo C. Pill, fl. 2021 and Michael J. Broyde, 1964- (Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2021), 428 page(s)
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One of the most basic questions for any legal system is that of methodology: how one interprets, analyzes, weighs and applies a mass of often competing legal rules, precedents, practices, customs, and traditions to reach final determinations and practical guidance about the correct legal-prescribed course of action in any given situation. Questions of legal methodology raise not only practical concerns, but theoretical and philosophical ones as w...
One of the most basic questions for any legal system is that of methodology: how one interprets, analyzes, weighs and applies a mass of often competing legal rules, precedents, practices, customs, and traditions to reach final determinations and practical guidance about the correct legal-prescribed course of action in any given situation. Questions of legal methodology raise not only practical concerns, but theoretical and philosophical ones as well. We expect law to be more than the arbitrary result of a given decision maker’s personal preferences, and so we demand that legal methodologies to be principled as well as practical. These issues are especially acute in religious legal systems, where the stakes are raised by concerns for respecting not just human, but divine law. Despite this, the major scholars and codifiers of halakhah, or Jewish law, have only rarely explicated their own methods for reaching principled legal decisions. This book explains the major jurisprudential factors driving the halakhic jurisprudence of Rabbi Yehiel Mikhel Epstein, twentieth century author of the Arukh Hashulchan—the most comprehensive, seminal, and original modern restatement of Jewish law since Maimonides. Reasoning inductively from a broad review of hundreds of rulings from the Orach Chaim section of the Arukh Hashulchan, the book teases out and explicates ten core principles of halakhic decision-making that animate Rabbi Epstein’s halakhic decision-making. Along the way, it compares the Arukh Hashulchan methodology to that of the Mishna Berura. This book will help any reader understand important methodological issues in both Jewish and general jurisprudence.
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Religion & Thought
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General reference book
Author / Creator
Shlomo C. Pill, fl. 2021, Michael J. Broyde, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Person Discussed
Yechiel Mechel Halevi Epstein, 1829-1908
Topic / Theme
Jewish, Rabbinic, Law, Crime & the Administration of Justice, Divine Law, Canon Law, Jews
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Beyond a Code of Jewish Law: Rabbi Avraham Danzig’s Hayei Adam
written by Simcha Fishbane, fl. 2008, in Judaism and Jewish Life (Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2021), 272 page(s)
The Hayei Adam, an abridged code of Jewish law, was written by Rabbi Avraham Danzig (1748-1820) and was first published in 1810. This code spread quickly throughout Europe, and the demand for it required a second publishing which the author printed in 1818. Beyond a Code of Jewish Law attempts to understand the im...
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written by Simcha Fishbane, fl. 2008, in Judaism and Jewish Life (Brookline, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2021), 272 page(s)
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The Hayei Adam, an abridged code of Jewish law, was written by Rabbi Avraham Danzig (1748-1820) and was first published in 1810. This code spread quickly throughout Europe, and the demand for it required a second publishing which the author printed in 1818. Beyond a Code of Jewish Law attempts to understand the implicit message of its author and discuss various approaches of its writer to both Judaism and Jewish law. While the Hayei Adam without...
The Hayei Adam, an abridged code of Jewish law, was written by Rabbi Avraham Danzig (1748-1820) and was first published in 1810. This code spread quickly throughout Europe, and the demand for it required a second publishing which the author printed in 1818. Beyond a Code of Jewish Law attempts to understand the implicit message of its author and discuss various approaches of its writer to both Judaism and Jewish law. While the Hayei Adam without any doubt unveils Rabbi Danzig to be a brilliant rabbinic scholar, with a comprehensive knowledge of Jewish law as well as a coherent and concise system of presentation, it also expresses his great concern for the Jewish community and each individual Jew. Aspects of this concern such as Hasidism, musar, kabbalah, are explored.
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Religion & Thought
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General reference book
Author / Creator
Simcha Fishbane, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Series
Judaism and Jewish Life
Person Discussed
Avraham Danzig, 1748-1820
Topic / Theme
Jewish, Jews, Attitudes toward, Law, Crime & the Administration of Justice, Divine Law, Canon Law, Jews
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The Making of Religious Texts in Islam: The Fragment and the Whole
written by Holger M. Zellentin, fl. 2019, Frédéric Imbert, 1963-, Asma Hilali, fl. 2019, Jean-Jacques Glassner, 1944-, Alba Fedeli, fl. 2019, Aziz Al-Azmeh, 1947- and Stephen Burge, fl. 2019; edited by Asma Hilali, fl. 2019 and Stephen Burge, fl. 2019 (Berlin, Berlin State: Gerlach Press, 2019), 257 page(s)
"This volume offers an interdisciplinary study of the modalities, actors, technicalities and consequences of the evolving of religious texts within the perspective of the fragment versus the whole. The focus is on fragmentary texts from Islamic religious sources, and includes contributions on Qur’anic manuscrip...
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written by Holger M. Zellentin, fl. 2019, Frédéric Imbert, 1963-, Asma Hilali, fl. 2019, Jean-Jacques Glassner, 1944-, Alba Fedeli, fl. 2019, Aziz Al-Azmeh, 1947- and Stephen Burge, fl. 2019; edited by Asma Hilali, fl. 2019 and Stephen Burge, fl. 2019 (Berlin, Berlin State: Gerlach Press, 2019), 257 page(s)
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"This volume offers an interdisciplinary study of the modalities, actors, technicalities and consequences of the evolving of religious texts within the perspective of the fragment versus the whole. The focus is on fragmentary texts from Islamic religious sources, and includes contributions on Qur’anic manuscripts, early graffiti, the formation of the Qur’anic canon, the Hadith literature, and Old Babylonian extispicy texts.
Three main t...
"This volume offers an interdisciplinary study of the modalities, actors, technicalities and consequences of the evolving of religious texts within the perspective of the fragment versus the whole. The focus is on fragmentary texts from Islamic religious sources, and includes contributions on Qur’anic manuscripts, early graffiti, the formation of the Qur’anic canon, the Hadith literature, and Old Babylonian extispicy texts.
Three main topics are addressed:
- the text and its materiality;
- the structure of the text and the dynamic relationship between the fragment and the whole;
- and methods of shaping and reshaping traditions.
The hermeneutical experience of the fragment versus the whole is explored in depth throughout, and the consequences addressed for the history of the religious text, its composition, its reception and its interpretation."
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
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Asma Hilali, fl. 2019, Stephen Burge, fl. 2019
Author / Creator
Holger M. Zellentin, fl. 2019, Frédéric Imbert, 1963-, Asma Hilali, fl. 2019, Jean-Jacques Glassner, 1944-, Alba Fedeli, fl. 2019, Aziz Al-Azmeh, 1947-, Stephen Burge, fl. 2019
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Gerlach Press
Topic / Theme
Muslim, Sunnah and Hadīth, Qur'ān, Islam
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Piety and Rebellion: Essays in Hasidism
written by Shaul Magid, 1958-, in New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism, Vol. 5 (Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2019), 361 page(s)
Piety and Rebellion examines the span of the Hasidic textual tradition from its earliest phases to the 20th century. The essays collected in this volume focus on the tension between Hasidic fidelity to tradition and its rebellious attempt to push the devotional life beyond the borders of conventional religious pra...
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written by Shaul Magid, 1958-, in New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism, Vol. 5 (Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press, 2019), 361 page(s)
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Piety and Rebellion examines the span of the Hasidic textual tradition from its earliest phases to the 20th century. The essays collected in this volume focus on the tension between Hasidic fidelity to tradition and its rebellious attempt to push the devotional life beyond the borders of conventional religious practice. Many of the essays exhibit a comparative perspective deployed to better articulate the innovative spirit, and traditional challe...
Piety and Rebellion examines the span of the Hasidic textual tradition from its earliest phases to the 20th century. The essays collected in this volume focus on the tension between Hasidic fidelity to tradition and its rebellious attempt to push the devotional life beyond the borders of conventional religious practice. Many of the essays exhibit a comparative perspective deployed to better articulate the innovative spirit, and traditional challenges, Hasidism presents to the traditional Jewish world. Piety and Rebellion is an attempt to present Hasidism as one case whereby maximalist religion can yield a rebellious challenge to conventional conceptions of religious thought and practice.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Shaul Magid, 1958-
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Series
New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism
Person Discussed
Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, 1889-1943, Sholom Noach Berezovsky, 1911-2000, Areleh Roth, fl. 2019, Nahman of Bratshav, 1772-1810, Shneur Zalman, 1745-1812, Ya'akov Yosef
Topic / Theme
Holocaust, 1939-1945, Jewish Orthodox, Ancient Thought & Culture, Attitudes toward, Orthodox Judaism, Spiritual Direction & Development, Fundamentalism, Jews
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The Qur'an: In Plain English
written by Iman Torres-Al Haneef, fl. 1983 (Leicestershire, England: Islamic Foundation, 2018), 211 page(s)
THE QUR’AN IN PLAIN ENGLISH (PART 30) is designed to help readers, especially the young, to gain an understanding of God’s final message and how to apply it in their lives. Written in contemporary, highly readable English, this simple explanation of the meanings of frequently memorised chapters of the Holy Qur...
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written by Iman Torres-Al Haneef, fl. 1983 (Leicestershire, England: Islamic Foundation, 2018), 211 page(s)
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THE QUR’AN IN PLAIN ENGLISH (PART 30) is designed to help readers, especially the young, to gain an understanding of God’s final message and how to apply it in their lives. Written in contemporary, highly readable English, this simple explanation of the meanings of frequently memorised chapters of the Holy Qur’an is an ideal starter text for children and teens, English language learners and new Muslims. The Qur’an in Plain English include...
THE QUR’AN IN PLAIN ENGLISH (PART 30) is designed to help readers, especially the young, to gain an understanding of God’s final message and how to apply it in their lives. Written in contemporary, highly readable English, this simple explanation of the meanings of frequently memorised chapters of the Holy Qur’an is an ideal starter text for children and teens, English language learners and new Muslims. The Qur’an in Plain English includes explanatory notes, glossary and a guide to further reading. This new, compact edition features numerous revisions, and an improved layout and font for easier reading. Recommended for homes, schools, libraries and madrasahs, for ages 8+.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Iman Torres-Al Haneef, fl. 1983
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Islamic Foundation
Topic / Theme
Muslim, Qur'ān, Interpretation of
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Path to Siva in Tamil
written by Bodhinatha Veylanswami, 1942- (Kauai, HI: Himalayan Academy, 2018, originally published 2018), 192 page(s)
A richly illustrated catechism of Saiva Siddhanta for youth, exploring how to live life, know the Divine, honor all creation and see God everywhere, in everyone. In sixty-eight illustrated lessons, this book conveys the basics of a 3,000-page Master Course Trilogy created by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Gurude...
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written by Bodhinatha Veylanswami, 1942- (Kauai, HI: Himalayan Academy, 2018, originally published 2018), 192 page(s)
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A richly illustrated catechism of Saiva Siddhanta for youth, exploring how to live life, know the Divine, honor all creation and see God everywhere, in everyone. In sixty-eight illustrated lessons, this book conveys the basics of a 3,000-page Master Course Trilogy created by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Gurudeva, 1927-2001), a legacy of profound, approachable teachings in three realms: philosophical, cultural and mystical. Path to Siva is a m...
A richly illustrated catechism of Saiva Siddhanta for youth, exploring how to live life, know the Divine, honor all creation and see God everywhere, in everyone. In sixty-eight illustrated lessons, this book conveys the basics of a 3,000-page Master Course Trilogy created by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Gurudeva, 1927-2001), a legacy of profound, approachable teachings in three realms: philosophical, cultural and mystical. Path to Siva is a mini-Master Course created by Gurudeva’s successor to inspire youth to know and follow that venerable way of wisdom embodied in the Saiva Siddhanta traditions of South India and Sri Lanka. It covers the following and more: Self-Identity: Who am I? How can we see God? What are the three worlds? Being a strong Saivite; Philosophy: God Siva; Saiva Siddhanta; Our immortal soul; Death & reincarnation; Dharma & karma; Personal Life: A happy home; Virtue; Sin & evil; Religious tolerance; Hospitality; Vegetarianism; Harmony with others; Yoga/meditation; Appreciating the temple; Home puja; Pilgrimage; Caring for the environment.
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Religion & Thought
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Author / Creator
Bodhinatha Veylanswami, 1942-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Himalayan Academy
Topic / Theme
Hindu, Environmental Issues, Hindus, Attitudes toward, Morals, Samsara, Prayer & Meditation, Suffering & Evil, Sin, Hinduism, God, Knowledge of, Karma, Dharma, Deities, Hindustani
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Isma'il Al-Faruqi: Selected Essays
written by Ismail Raji al-Faruqi, 1921-1986 (London, England: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2018), 109 page(s)
In this set of three powerful essays, the late world renowned scholar and philosopher, Ismail Al Faruqi, displays his formidable insight, vast knowledge, and unique trademark logic, brought to bear on subjects still considered to be at the forefront of discourse on comparative religion. Al Faruqi delves deep into...
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written by Ismail Raji al-Faruqi, 1921-1986 (London, England: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2018), 109 page(s)
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In this set of three powerful essays, the late world renowned scholar and philosopher, Ismail Al Faruqi, displays his formidable insight, vast knowledge, and unique trademark logic, brought to bear on subjects still considered to be at the forefront of discourse on comparative religion. Al Faruqi delves deep into the heart of the debate on the metaphysical nature of values in the Western and Muslim traditions, of the history of religions, and oth...
In this set of three powerful essays, the late world renowned scholar and philosopher, Ismail Al Faruqi, displays his formidable insight, vast knowledge, and unique trademark logic, brought to bear on subjects still considered to be at the forefront of discourse on comparative religion. Al Faruqi delves deep into the heart of the debate on the metaphysical nature of values in the Western and Muslim traditions, of the history of religions, and other issues, ultimately to guide readers to a clarity of understanding and Islam's position in relation to them. This will interest and stimulate many readers, enlightened thinkers, modern secularists, philosophers and theologians, Muslim or otherwise - as Al Faruqi strives to arrive at an accurate assessment of the fundamentals of these important subjects, and their significance for the human condition.
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Religion & Thought
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Author / Creator
Ismail Raji al-Faruqi, 1921-1986
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
International Institute of Islamic Thought
Topic / Theme
Christian, Muslim, Bible, Interpretation of, Metaphysics & Cosmology, Theology
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Il Risveglio Di Un Gigante vita di Santa Veronica Giuliani
directed by Giovanni Ziberna, 1982- and Valeria Baldan, fl. 2007; produced by Mattia Vecchi, fl. 2010 and Giovanni Ziberna, 1982-, Sine Sole Cinema (Children of Mary, Friends of Saint Veronica, 2018), 1 hour 36 mins
This film by Valeria Baldan and Giovanni Ziberna tells the life of St. Veronica Giuliani in Italy.
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directed by Giovanni Ziberna, 1982- and Valeria Baldan, fl. 2007; produced by Mattia Vecchi, fl. 2010 and Giovanni Ziberna, 1982-, Sine Sole Cinema (Children of Mary, Friends of Saint Veronica, 2018), 1 hour 36 mins
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This film by Valeria Baldan and Giovanni Ziberna tells the life of St. Veronica Giuliani in Italy.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mattia Vecchi, fl. 2010, Giovanni Ziberna, 1982-, Sine Sole Cinema
Author / Creator
Giovanni Ziberna, 1982-, Valeria Baldan, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Children of Mary, Friends of Saint Veronica
Person Discussed
Veronica Giuliani, 1660-0027
Topic / Theme
Saints, Biographies, Nuns, Catholicism
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Ijtihad and Renewal
written by Said Shabbar, fl. 2017 (London, England: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2017), 158 page(s)
In the early centuries of Islam the response of Muslims to problem-solving the various issues and challenges that faced their rapidly expanding community was to use intelligence and independent reasoning based on the Qur'an and Sunnah to address them. This practice is known as ijtihad. As the centuries wore on how...
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written by Said Shabbar, fl. 2017 (London, England: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2017), 158 page(s)
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In the early centuries of Islam the response of Muslims to problem-solving the various issues and challenges that faced their rapidly expanding community was to use intelligence and independent reasoning based on the Qur'an and Sunnah to address them. This practice is known as ijtihad. As the centuries wore on however the gates of ijtihad were generally closed in favor of following existing rulings developed by scholars by way of analogy. And as...
In the early centuries of Islam the response of Muslims to problem-solving the various issues and challenges that faced their rapidly expanding community was to use intelligence and independent reasoning based on the Qur'an and Sunnah to address them. This practice is known as ijtihad. As the centuries wore on however the gates of ijtihad were generally closed in favor of following existing rulings developed by scholars by way of analogy. And as reason and intellect, now held captive to madhhabs (schools of thought) and earlier scholarly opinion stagnated, so did the Muslim world. Ijtihad and Renewal is an analysis of ijtihad and the role it can play for a positive Muslim revival in the modern world, a revival based on society-wide economic and educational reform and development. It makes the case that the grafting of solutions rooted in the past onto the complex and unique realities of our own age, in a one-size-fits-all perspective, has paralysed the vitality of Muslim thought, and confused its sense of direction, and that to revive the Muslim world from its centuries of decline and slumber we need to revive the practice of ijtihad. Focusing attention on thinking through solutions for ourselves based on our own times and context, using the Qur'an and Sunnah, as well as the wisdom and experience of the past distilled from these, as tools in this endeavor whilst not the only solution, is certainly a viable and powerful one.
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Religion & Thought
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General reference book
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Nancy N. Roberts, fl. 2013
Author / Creator
Said Shabbar, fl. 2017
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
International Institute of Islamic Thought
Topic / Theme
Muslim, Education & Learning, Humanism/Philology, Law, Crime & the Administration of Justice, Secularism, Law, Qur'ān, Authority of
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Reviving The Balance: The Authority of The Qur’an and The Status of The Sunnah
written by Taha Jabir al-Alwani, 1935-2016 (London, England: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2017), 226 page(s)
In dealing with any aspect of Islamic civilization, its final raison d'etre and creative base must be seen as resting on the Qur'an. Islamic culture is, in fact, a "Qur'anic culture"; for its definitions, its structures, its goals, and its methods for execution of those goals are all derived from that series of re...
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written by Taha Jabir al-Alwani, 1935-2016 (London, England: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2017), 226 page(s)
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In dealing with any aspect of Islamic civilization, its final raison d'etre and creative base must be seen as resting on the Qur'an. Islamic culture is, in fact, a "Qur'anic culture"; for its definitions, its structures, its goals, and its methods for execution of those goals are all derived from that series of revelations from God to the Prophet Muhammad. Without that revelation, the culture could not have been generated; without that revelation...
In dealing with any aspect of Islamic civilization, its final raison d'etre and creative base must be seen as resting on the Qur'an. Islamic culture is, in fact, a "Qur'anic culture"; for its definitions, its structures, its goals, and its methods for execution of those goals are all derived from that series of revelations from God to the Prophet Muhammad. Without that revelation, the culture could not have been generated; without that revelation, there could have been neither an Islamic religion, an Islamic state, an Islamic philosophy, an Islamic law, an Islamic society, nor an Islamic political or economic organization. Just as surely as these aspects of Islamic culture may be rightly seen as Qur'anic in basis and motivation, in implementation and goal, the arts of Islamic civilization should also be viewed as aesthetic expressions of similar derivation and realization. Yes, the Islamic arts are indeed Qur'anic arts. How then are the Islamic arts to be seen as "Qur'anic" expressions in color, in line, in movement, in shape, and in sound? This is the subject of this work.
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Religion & Thought
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Nancy N. Roberts, fl. 2013
Author / Creator
Taha Jabir al-Alwani, 1935-2016
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
International Institute of Islamic Thought
Topic / Theme
Muslim, Islam, Hadīth, Authority of, Qur'ān, Authority of
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